Social Determinants of Health: Teaching Resources

Selected International Resources:

2013, Poverty Tool, Ontario College of Family Physicians and Health Providers Against PovertyA clinical tool for primary care in Ontario, Canada that addresses the major health risks associated with poverty. Additional resource links are provided to address the health risks linked to poverty being equivalent to hypertension, high cholesterol, and smoking.http://ocfp.on.ca/docs/default-source/cme/poverty-and-medicine-march-2013.pdf

2016, Social Determinants of Health (SDH). World Health Organization (WHO).The World Health Organization SDH Unit has developed priority areas to help support and strengthen the capacity for countries to promote health equity.http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

2016, Health Impact Assessment: The determinants of health, World Health OrganizationComponents for completing a health impact assessment (HIA) for social determinants include transportation, food and agriculture, housing, waste, energy, industry, and urbanization. Addressing an evidence base for the impact of programs and policies for the factors is key for an HIA. www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/

2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Social Determinants of Health. Available at: Numerous useful sources are included on the social determinants of health. Starting with slide sets on country level data on factors such as poverty, income, and education. The public health report provides useful articles on how to apply the social determinants of health to practice in public health. The NCHHSTP White paper on determinants of health. http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/socialdeterminants/index.html

2016, World Conference on Social Determinants of Health. Case Studies on Social Determinants of Health. A list of case studies is provided from different countries such as from Chile, Canada, and Brazil. The provided case studies represent successful case studies of actions using policy t help reduce health inequities.http://www.who.int/sdhconference/resources/case_studies/en/

2014, APTR Public Health Learning Module - Social Determinants of Health: A Lens for Public HealthThe learning module includes lecture materials with videos and slides aimed at completing three objectives. Such objectives include identifying the five domains of social determinants of health in Healthy People 2020 and examining the impact of SDOH via a practical application.www.aptrweb.org/?PHLM_03

2014, National Research Mentoring Network (NRHM) Health Research Talks –Episode 1: Social Determinants of Health This eight-video series provides an overview of research careers related to community-based health and health disparities. https://nrmnet.net/nrmn-health-research-talks

2014, Introduction to Public Health in North Carolina Training SeriesDeterminants of Health and Health DisparitiesAn interactive video that describes the social determinants of health and leads to a connection with the ecological model. Quizzes are embedded throughout to check a level of understanding. https://nciph.sph.unc.edu/tws/HEP_INTROPHNC2/pres/

2016, Examples of High Quality CHAs and CHIPSs. National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) NACCHO provides a list of twelve local health department who were funded to commit to a community process for health improvement. Two good examples were specifically selected below in Pasadena, California and in East Central Kansas.http://archived.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/CHAIP/guidance-and-examples.cfm

2012, Pasadena/ Altadena 2012 Quality of Life Index. Pasadena, CA: City of Pasadena Public Health Department. E Walsh, M Feaster, G Namdar, T Yoko, W Zhang, K Folkins.In this Quality of Life Index, Pasadena Public Health Department’s mission is highlighted. The mission is to promote the physical, social, and mental well-being of all who live, work, worship, and play in Pasadena. Pasadena could evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as a city to move toward the overall goal of health equity.http://archived.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/accreditation/upload/Pasadena-CHA-Quality-of-Life-Index.pdf

2012, Community Health Assessment Community Health Improvement Plan East Central Kansas Public Health Region. In this endeavor, local health departments joined with additional community members to conduct a region wide health assessment in the East Central Kansas Region and to develop a region wide health improvement plan (CHIP). This document presents the findings of that effort.http://archived.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/CHAIP/upload/ECKPHC-CHA_CHIP_2012.pdf

Selected Other Recommended Resources: (Videos)

2009, Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick? Lessons, activities, and learning opportunities for students and teachers are provided to help explore health equity through the use of several case studies.www.unnaturalcauses.org/for_educators.php

2012, Social Determinants of Health: Claire Pomeroy at TEDxUCDavisAn engaging video that provides real-world scenarios of how social determinants affect American lives.The social determinants covered in this presentation include socioeconomic status, education, occupation, housing, neighborhood safety, social status, and environmental stressors.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qykD-2AXKIU

2013, Video Curriculum on Screening for the Social Determinants of Health. A series of vignettes are included in the curriculum that depicts physicians who are screening for social determinants of health in a clinic-based setting. Each vignette provided has two versions that are considered appropriate and inappropriate based on what a resident physician would screen for when assessing a patient and the determinants of health. The appropriate vignettes modeled various forms of screening such as food insecurity, public benefits, and housing conditions.https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9575

2015, From Identification to Advocacy: A Module for Teaching Social Determinants of Health.The module includes PowerPoint, word documents, and a list of resources to help students become familiar with the social determinants of health. One PowerPoint is geared to help define inequality and inequity when related to determinants of health. The second PowerPoint focuses on the role of an advocate and steps that promote action. The word documents that follow each PowerPoint helps review the material through a series of questions.https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10266

2015, CDC. NCHHSTP Atlas. Social Determinants of Health Slides. A direct link to view maps of the United States of America to see where health inequities are located among populations. Factors such as rate of physicians and vacant housing are addressed to see what populations are most vulnerable to HIV, AIDS, STDs, TB, and hepatitis.http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/SDH-Slides.html